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Five states, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh, will vote between November 7 and 30, with the counting to be held on December 3, the Election Commission of India announced. Chhattisgarh will vote in two phases, November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh on November 17, Mizoram on November 7, Rajasthan on November 23 […]
As an Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Abhishek Singh would frequently make headlines. Whether through his work in Netflix’s acclaimed series ‘Delhi Crime’, his appearance in the short film, ‘Chaar Pandrah’, or grooving to B Praak’s song Dil Tod Ke, his presence even off duty was hard to ignore. He was in the spotlight for being removed […]
Mumbai police on Saturday arrested a member of the Chhota Rajan gang, reportedly on the run for the past 28 years, from Surat (Gujarat) in connection with a 1994 robbery attempt case, an official said. The accused, Sabir Barkatali Lakhani, 59, who resided in Antop Hill locality in the city, was arrested by the crime […]
Mumbai police received a terror mail threatening to blow up the PM and the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad if the Indian government failed to pay ₹500 crore and release notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. It must be noted that several matches are scheduled at the stadium as part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup […]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) holds its marquee event, Vijayadashmi, every year in its Nagpur headquarters with much fanfare. The organisation also calls different celebrities and achievers from diverse fields as chief guest at the function. In a major departure last year, it had invited mountaineer Santosh Yadav to the annual event, the first woman […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that South India could lose 100 Lok Sabha seats if the Congress’s philosophy of “Jitni Aabadi, Utna Haq” were to be considered for the exercise of delimitation. The Prime Minister addressed a rally in poll-bound Telangana where his party, the BJP, has been striving to establish itself. He said […]
A sessions court in Dindoshi (Malad, Mumbai) held artist Chintan Upadhyay guilty of criminal conspiracy and abetment of the December 2015 murder of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay. Three co-accused in the case were convicted for committing the actual offence of murder and destruction of evidence in the double-murder case of Hema and her lawyer, […]
Earthquakes are some of the most dreaded of natural disasters for their speed and scale of destruction and also for their unpredictability. Unfortunately, even as earthquakes are becoming common, and densely populated regions like India are more exposed to major losses to life and property, we don’t have a device yet which could predict the […]
Ordering the immediate release of Bansal brothers in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Enforcement Directorate (ED), asking it not to be vindictive and arbitrary. The apex court also asked the ED to furnish the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing […]
‘Raiding’ an entire media organization and snatching the electronic devices of journalists without due process is a bad omen for a free press but a worse signal for the continuation of democracy. The arrest of Newsclick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the head of the portal’s HR department, Amit Chakravarty on terrorism charges has pushed the Modi government’s […]
That owners and paying guests can live in harmony is becoming a myth of sorts. In recent times, Indian societies have witnessed several instances of altercation between the two, which usually spiral out of control. The latest in a series of ‘us versus them’ scuffles happened on October 1 when some young women staying as […]
New Delhi: In early morning raids on homes of several journalists and commentators associated with the news outlet Newsclick, Delhi police has started interrogations in matters “related to terror links” in a case involving the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The Wire has learned that the raids are in connection with FIR number 224/2023. This case was […]
Though the name of Ahmedabad and his Sabarmati Ashram is often associated with the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi, after 1930, the leader hardly visited the Gujarat capital or stayed in the state for long. In the remaining 18 years of his life, Gandhi was to spend just about 301 days in Gujarat. Though […]
A birth anniversary special in which I address misinformation regarding Gandhi. Part 1 of 2. On 11th June, my old school friend HS Prasanna 1, an executive for a global consumer goods company, forwarded me a WhatsApp message. He followed that up with a text in typical WhatsApp lingo: “Is this true fact or another […]
A six-month-old baby was saved by doctors on board a flight after she encountered a severe breathing problem enroute. The baby, suffering from congenital heart disease, was on a Ranchi-Delhi IndiGo flight on Saturday. Two fellow passengers on the flight, both doctors, stepped in to assist the baby. One of the doctors was Nitin Kulkarni, […]
After the death of nine cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa, India will now explore the possibility of importing the feline from northern Africa instead. Officials said one of the biggest challenges they faced in the first year of managing cheetahs from the two countries was the “unexpected” development of winter coats by some […]
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (MS Swaminathan), legendary agriculture scientist and father of India’s ‘Green Revolution,’ has died at the age of 98 in Chennai. He was born on August 7, 1925 in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district. He started his career in 1949 researching the genetics of potato, wheat, rice and jute. When India was on the […]
The proposed entry of Tesla to India and its setting up a plant in Gujarat is being tracked by the state government, a senior state government official said, adding Gujarat will approach the company at an appropriate time to ensure the state has a significant role in the future plans. The Centre is in touch […]
Ashwin Dani, non-executive director of Asian Paints and a second-generation scion of the family that co-founded the flagship paint company, passed away on September 28 at the age 79. Dani’s contribution was instrumental to the company’s growth as the largest paint maker in the country with a group turnover of Rs 21,700 crore. Born on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participating at an event marking the completion of 20 years of the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2023,’ in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, guaranteed that India will be among the top three economies of the world. The Prime Minister, who was then Chief Minister of Gujarat, launched the summit on September 28, 2003 […]
